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Authorization to enter into a contract for environmental remediation activities at the Lathrop Powerhouse.
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Address
Community Area
Target
Population
2567 N. Hoyne Ave.
Lincoln Park
Families
(Non-residential portion of Lathrop 1C Redevelopment)
presenter
Presenter: Kemena Brooks, Chief of Staff
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Recommendation
The Operating Chairman of the Chicago Housing Authority ("CHA") recommends that the CHA Board of Commissioners ("Board") authorize the Operating Chairman or his designee to: 1) enter into a contract with Lathrop Community Partners, LLC, or its designee, to remediate the Lathrop Powerhouse building with a not-to-exceed amount of $2,000,000 and 2) execute and deliver such other documents and perform such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to implement the foregoing.
Property Summary
The Lathrop Powerhouse building is an approximately 32,000 square-foot building with a 16-storey smokestack. The Powerhouse building housed boilers and coal stores that served the 31 residential and administrative buildings that were part of the original Julia C. Lathrop Homes when they were completed in 1938. The Powerhouse building was last used in 2019 and contains inactive boilers, a coal chute, a chimney stack, a full basement with tunnels and pipes for transmitting steam heat, and several mechanical rooms. The building is included as part of the Lathrop Homes listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
Funding
Not to exceed total of $2,000,000.
Compliance
Subject to compliance with M/W/DBE & Section 3 Participation.
Site Map
Background and Approach
The Lathrop Powerhouse has been vacant since 2019. Due to the era of construction and long-term vacancy, the interior conditions of the building have declined and become hazardous to human health. This proposal to enter into a Remediation Agreement with Lathrop Community Partners, LLC, or its designee, to remediate the Powerhouse building will ensure that health hazards are removed ...
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